Hair Stories

There’s nothing more annoying than spending time on a blow-dry, only for it to have fallen flat, frizzed up or lost its shape by lunchtime. The good news? A few small changes to how you...

Mid-length hair gets an unfairly boring reputation. Not short enough to feel like a dramatic chop, not long enough to do everything with, it’s often thought of as the length you end up with while...

There’s a very simple trick for making a limp ponytail look instantly perkier – and it doesn’t require backcombing. Once you’ve tied your ponytail as normal, split it into two horizontally, so you have a...

If your hair never looks quite as glossy at home as it does when you leave the salon, your hairdryer technique could be to blame. One of the simplest rules for shiny hair is to...

Few haircuts capture the spirit of the ’90s quite like the bob. Sleek and razor-sharp on Naomi Campbell and Iman; soft, bouncy and face-framing on Christy Turlington and Beverly Peele; tousled and undone on Drew...

If there’s one hair colour trend to know for autumn/winter 2026, it’s nude blonde. Soft, understated and designed to work with – rather than against – your natural colouring, it’s a more wearable way to...

Just when you thought Zendaya had exhausted every possible hairstyle, she goes and delivers one of her shortest – and chicest – cuts yet. The actor stepped onto the Emmys carpet earlier this week with...

Growing out grey hair is a process – and, depending on how different your natural silver is from your existing colour, there can be a point when the line between the two feels particularly obvious....

You’ve washed, conditioned and carefully detangled your hair, only to undo all the good work the minute you step out of the shower. The culprit? How you towel dry it. Most of us instinctively grab...